Weiss v. Geisbauer

Betty C. Dickey, Justice.

This appeal arises from a constitutional challenge to Section 2 of Act 727 of the 1997 Acts of Arkansas (§ 2 of Act 727 of 1997), which is now codified at Ark. Code Ann. § 26-55-211. The circuit court held that § 2 of Act 727 of 1997, as written, is unconstitutional and concluded that the words “the Mississippi” should be struck from the statute and substituted with the words “a river.” Appellant asserts that (1) the trial court erred by declaring the classification created by § 2 of Act 727 of 1997, between border cities located on the Mississippi River and border…